HT1338 Suddenly I can't download pdf files or many images from the internet on my macbook air.  It is up to date and this is a recent issue.

My macbook air was purchased last September and has been pretty reliable.  But recently I stopped being able to down pdf files from the internet - nothing opens.  Also, many images do not download and I have trouble getting onto a wireless system I've been using at work.  Can anyone tell me what this is?

In addition to Flash, you might need some other plugins.  Microsoft videos are mostly in Silverlight, and you'll want Flip4Mac to play WMVs.  Perian contains codecs for pretty much every video online.
http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/windows-media-player/wmcompo nents
http://perian.org/

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